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Jacqueline Jimenez Vda. De Gabriel vs. Court of Appeals, et al.

JACQUELINE JIMENEZ VDA. DE GABRIEL, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and FORTUNE INSURANCE & SURETY COMPANY, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 103883 | 1996-11-14

VITUG, J.:


The petition for review on certiorari in this case seeks the reversal of the decision 1 of the Court of Appeals setting aside the judgment of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 55, which has ordered private respondent Fortune Insurance & Surety Company, Inc., to pay petitioner Jacqueline Jimenez vda. de Gabriel, the surviving spouse and beneficiary in an accident (group) insurance of her deceased husband, the amount of P100,000.00, plus legal interest.

Marcelino Gabriel, the insured, was employed by Emerald Construction & Development Corporation ("ECDC") at its construction project in Iraq. He was covered by a...